The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three ...

The Big Boy spiders can grow up to 9 centimeters ... a highly effective antivenom developed in the 1980s prevents most ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider is the most venomous in the world. This scientists already knew since it has 13 people have been ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel ... which has now been dubbed the “Big Boy” for being the largest of the three, inhabits the city of Newcastle. “The Newcastle ...

The study marks a major shift in understanding the Sydney funnel-web spider, with each newly identified species occupying ...

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists. Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm (1.97 ...

Recently a new species of spider was discovered in Australia. This new funnel webbed species is nicknamed 'Big Boy' because ...

Although its venom is the deadliest in the world, no one in Australia has died of a funnel-web bite since the introduction of ...

The Newcastle funnel-web, which is found only near the city of Newcastle to Sydney's north, has been nicknamed "Big Boy" by spider ... envenomation in eastern Australia," Smith said.

A statement from the Sydney National Museum and Newcastle University said a new subspecies of deadly venomous spiders has been ...

Australia's reputation for venomous spiders comes partly from the deadly Sydney funnel-web. It turns out there is not just ...